“Know Your Rights” Seminar, a Great Success
Thanks to all of you who made our "Know Your Rights" Seminar a big success. Sixty union and non-union members from around the…
GU Public Seminars – Know Your Rights at Work
The union will be holding open online seminars for members and non-members on Sunday, 20 March from 14:00 to 16:30.…
“Poor Sales” Doesn’t Cut it When Your Job is On the Line!
“I was told by my company yesterday that they are firing me. When I asked my manager why, she said…
My Performance is Bad? Prove it!
“My boss recently called me into a meeting and gave me 30 days’ notice that I will be terminated. His…
Non-renewal? 30 Days Notice – No Less!
Recently, a union member at a large, prominent eikaiwa was thrown a curve ball: for a variety of factors, this…
Hands Off! Don’t Touch Our Koma! – Updated
Union begins survey of union members in preparation to defend 2022 koma. Non-members also welcome to take the survey. Every…
How to Apply for an Unlimited Term Contract & Protect your Working Conditions
The union has put out a lot of information on this topic and if you are at a university, this…
Hands Off! Don’t touch our Koma!
Union launches campaign for NO REDUCTION in 2022 koma! Every year since 2011, about this time of year the union…
GU Launches Gender Parity Committee to Welcome International Women’s Day
According to data gathered from General Union members who filled out the gender section of the application form when they…
Kick Off 2021 by Signing the Postal Industry Workers Union Petition
Petition for Equal Treatment and Regular Employment for Irregular Postal Staff Japan Post Group and its related companies have a…
Unlimited Term Contracts at Universities and Colleges
The General Union, NUGW Tokyo Nambu, and Fukuoka General Union ran a seminar on 6 December for university teachers about…
Income Support and the Pandemic
Many workers in Japan are suffering economically from the effects of the covid-19 pandemic. There is some relief. 1. Kyugyo…
New, Multilingual Leaflet on Caregiver & Nursing Care Leave
Just had a baby? Elderly parents need help at home? Want more information but everything is in Japanese? The Ministry…
When Is A National Holiday Not A “National” Holiday?
It seems that whenever a national holiday rolls around - be it Coming of Age Day, Health and Sports Day,…
Everything You Wanted To Know About Not Paying Pension
As three wise monkeys once said: "See no pension, speak no pension, pay no pension". The topic of pension (and pension contributions)…